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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KUNTI DEVI
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- LGD code
- 247736
- Pincode
- 802208
- Post office
- Sahar (Bhojpur)
- Population
- 11,561
- Households
- 1,877
- Literacy rate
- 59.7%
- Sex ratio
- 935 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 3,959
- Distance to district centre
- 111 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Patna
- 66 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 488 km
- Nearest railway station
- Charpokhari Halt · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Khursheed Ahmad Memorial Hospital · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ekwari compares
By population, Ekwari ranks #1 of 56 villages in Sahar mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
59.7%
+4.5% vs mandal average
Ekwari59.7%
Sahar mandal55.2%
Bhojpur district58.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
935
−31 vs mandal average
Ekwari935
Sahar mandal966
Household size
people per home
6.2
+0.3 vs mandal average
Ekwari6.2
Sahar mandal5.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ekwari at a glance
Ekwari is a village of 11,561 people in 1,877 households (Census 2011) in Sahar block, Bhojpur district, Bihar, the largest of 56 villages in Sahar block. Literacy is 60%, 5 points above the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 935 women per 1,000 men. It lies 111 km from the Bhojpur district centre, 6 km from Sahar, the nearest town, 13 km from Charpokhari Halt railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 802208, served by Sahar (Bhojpur) post office; the LGD village code is 247736. The nearest hospital or health centre is Khursheed Ahmad Memorial Hospital, 9 km away. The sarpanch is KUNTI DEVI, and the village votes in Tarari assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vishal Prashant. The population is estimated at 13,630 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ekwari
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 2
- Power hours (winter)
- 2
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 3
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- ARWAL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Ekwari
- Total area (ha)
- 1,275
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,221
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ekwari
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Key facts — Ekwari
- LGD code
- 247736
- Pincode
- 802208
- Post office
- Sahar (Bhojpur)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 11,561
- Population (projected 2026)
- 13,630
- Households
- 1,877
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 935
- Literacy rate
- 59.7%
- Coordinates
- 25.28330°N, 84.58330°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Arrah
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Tarari
- Member of Parliament
- Sudama Prasad
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vishal Prashant
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KUNTI DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Sahar
Getting there
How to reach Ekwari
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna66 kmcapital
- Kolkata488 km
- Delhi819 km
- Hyderabad1081 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationCharpokhari Halt13 km
- Bus stopMahabalipur15 km
- Hospital / PHCKhursheed Ahmad Memorial Hospital9 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India20 km
- Collegeveer kunwar singh college32 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Masaurhi46 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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